climate change

Here is an article about the economy of small island nations and how that influences both politics and climate change.

The following article looks at climate change and weather.  In particular it examines the extreme snowfall in Washington, D.C.  While climate change deniers claim this as evidence against global warming, in reality the weather is subject to variation — but as climate change progresses, extreme weather events become more common.  That includes droughts and floods, hurricanes and tornados, heat waves and blizzards.  The atmosphere simply becomes less stable and less predictable and less pleasant to live in.

This alert crossed my desk recently, concerning the use of forest biomass as fuel.  To fight climate change, we should be planting more trees, not cutting them down to burn.

The following article explores more examples of climate change denial.

This article examines some scientific information about why Earth has a habitable temperature, compared to Venus (too hot) or Mars (too cold).

The following article presents some arguments against climate change and counter-arguments for them including evidence that shows why they are implausible.  This may be useful in crafting approaches that will convince people … or not.  Facts don’t seem to be very convincing for most people, but they are very useful to know.

It’s not always easy to convince people that green energy is important, that climate change is a serious threat, and that supporting one can reduce the other.  The following article discusses this issue.

One study suggests that American trees may be growing faster in response to climate change and CO2 levels.  If this is so, then it would make reforestation an easier and more effective method of combating climate change.  Keep an eye on this for more data to emerge.

Woohoo!  Wind power made prodigious gains last year.  If this keeps up, we’ll start putting a big dent in our fossil fuel dependence and our greenhouse emissions.